MANY people are seeking to find their right place or, to put it another way, their right work—work which not only provides supply for daily human needs but is purposeful, useful, and satisfying. Christian Science teaches that each one of us, regardless of the human circumstances in which he may seem to be involved, has his own right place to fill. Mrs. Eddy tells us, "Each individual must fill his own niche in time and eternity" (Retrospection and Introspection, p. 70).
The teachings of Christian Science help the student to find his right place just as they help him to solve his other problems. Each one learns that his right place as Mind's idea is already established in divine Mind and that Mind places each idea in complete harmony and unity with all other ideas.
As the student works to prove this spiritual fact and see it evidenced in his human experience, he learns that he does not necessarily have to change his geographical location or go from one position to another in order to be happy. He can start right where he is to express the spiritual qualities which the man of God's creating eternally reflects. The showing forth of these qualities may transform his present place to the point where it will provide ample opportunities for his abilities and talents; or his progressive work may lead him, in a logical and harmonious way, to another position or another activity.
